Thursday 19 April 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
The beast
17 December 2010: a man sets himself on fire in the middle of Sidi Bouzid because he is humiliated. Pushed to the brink by financial struggle and corruption, he ends his life in a spectacular public way. The world pays attention. Arab Spring has started.
4 April 2012: a man shoots himself in the middle of Syntagma square in Athens. It is morning, broad daylight. He is a pensioner. He writes that he feels humiliated and wants to end his life with some dignity. Apparently he has no financial debts per se, but he feels pushed to the brink nonetheless.
Suicides have risen dramatically in Greece during the last couple of years. Does anybody care?
Is there ever going to be a Greek spring?
4 April 2012: a man shoots himself in the middle of Syntagma square in Athens. It is morning, broad daylight. He is a pensioner. He writes that he feels humiliated and wants to end his life with some dignity. Apparently he has no financial debts per se, but he feels pushed to the brink nonetheless.
Suicides have risen dramatically in Greece during the last couple of years. Does anybody care?
Is there ever going to be a Greek spring?
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